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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Acts 28 - Introduction

* Paul kindly received at Melita. (1-10) He arrives at Rome. (11-16) His conference with the Jews. (17-22) Paul preaches to the Jews, and abides at Rome a prisoner. (23-31)

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See also Acts 28 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    THE JOURNEY ENDED IN ROME ACTS TWENTY-EIGHT The people on the Island of Melita were very kind to those that were shipwrecked. They built a fire for them because of the rain and the cold. The conduct...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _PAUL, AFTER HIS SHIPWRECK, IS KINDLY ENTERTAINED OF THE BARBARIANS: THE VIPER ON HIS HAND HURTETH HIM NOT: HE HEALETH MANY DISEASES IN THE ISLAND: THEY DEPART TOWARDS ROME: HE DECLARETH TO THE JEWS T...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    ACTS TEST OVER THE THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY AND THE VOYAGE TO ROME Acts 18:23, Acts 28:31 TRUE OR FALSE _________ 1. Paul visited numerous churches in Galatia on his third journey. _________ 2....

  • Combined Bible Commentary

    XXVIII: 1, 2. (1) "_And after they had escaped, they knew that the island was called Melita._ (2) _Now the barbarians showed us no little philanthropy; for they kindled a fire, on account of the rain...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:2 up; (a-21) The word means 'receiving,' but with the prefix ( _ ana_ ) 'up,' as here, it has the active sense of 'taking up.' It is so translated except in 1 Timothy 3:16 . The more passive recepti...

  • McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries

    XXVIII: 1, 2. (1) "_ And after they had escaped, they knew that the island was called Melita._ (2) Now the barbarians showed us no little philanthropy; for they kindled a fire, on account of the rain...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    EXCURSUS A. On the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles. It seems proper, before this commentary closes, that some slight notice should be taken of a literature which is in one sense parallel with the Act...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CHAPTER 28 PAUL’S VOYAGE TO ROME—DEPARTURE FROM MALTA § 1. Three Months in Malta; or, Two Remarkable Incidents (Acts 28:1). 1. The Preservation of Paul (Acts 28:1). 2. The Healing of Publius’s fat...

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